Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170633556 - Employee killed when crushed by falling hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 170633556 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 02/25/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119783538	02/25/1997	3423	0	Barrett'S Precision Machinery

Abstract: Employee #1, of Barrett's Precision Machinery, was sent to retrofit the couplers on a motor shaft that operates IMHS dumpsters on the VMC dock in front of dock #22 at the US Bulk Mail terminal in Bell, CA. This was not a task he normally performed, and he did not lower the hopper to the ground before disengaging the motor from the worm screw. The connection between the worm screw and the motor is what prevents the hopper from falling. When Employee #1 removed the motor, the hopper came down on his chest, crushing him against the frame assembly. He was killed. The distance between the back of the hopper and the frame assembly was 1.5 inches.

Keywords: CHEST, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, FALLING OBJECT, UNTRAINED, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119783538			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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